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2024’s Top Tweets of the Year from First Read Tonight
The best of the best from City & State New York’s evening newsletter.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: How to manage for some real change in this city
A former City Hall insider on the difference between Mayors Eric Adams and David Dinkins.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: New Year’s political resolutions for 2025
The past year has given us plenty of goals for New York politicians.
News & Politics
Politics
New York political predictions for 2025
Who will be elected New York City mayor? What is Andrew Cuomo angling for? We asked experts to consult their crystal ball.
News & Politics
Politics
Former Manhattan BPs endorse Alvin Bragg
Bragg is rolling out endorsements ahead of the 2025 cycle, with Gale Brewer, Ruth Messinger and C. Virginia Fields as the latest to rally around his reelection.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: Why NYC should pursue data-driven risk management
A win-win opportunity for timely payments to nonprofit organizations and more effective oversight.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Grants available for LGBTQ+/transgender and gender non-conforming service organizations
Proposals are being sought for Women Forward NYC, a $43 million, 42 initiative living action plan for gender equity.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: Latinos in New York and the 2024 presidential election
Precinct-level data shows that Harris won Latinos by less than Biden did, but Latino voters did not defect to Trump en masse.
News & Politics
Politics
Eric Adams will take his tin cup – and baggage – to Albany next year
The mayor has floated support for a proposal to cut taxes for low-income New Yorkers and to make involuntary removals easier – both of which need state approval.
Adams probes
Politics
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Eric Adams’ longtime righthand, indicted
Lewis-Martin and her son both pleaded not guilty to state bribery charges. The mayor himself is not a target of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation.
Politics
Politics
Muriel Goode-Trufant takes on corporation counsel post, but with criticism
While many have sung praises over Eric Adams’ pick for New York City’s top lawyer, critics worry she will rubber stamp the mayor’s use of executive orders.
Policy
Policy
City retirees win in court again, as Adams vows to press on
The court ruling is another blow to Mayor Eric Adams and municipal union leaders who want to move retired city workers onto privately-managed health insurance plans.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Ending homelessness, one person at a time
An interview with Frederick Shack, CEO of Urban Pathways
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
NYC Campaign Finance Board head Paul Ryan welcomes your scrutiny
He took over the agency ahead of a very intense mayoral primary.
News & Politics
Politics
Civil NYPD sexual harassment suit seeks to add Jeffrey Maddrey, Eddie Caban as defendants
In an amended complaint, the chief of department is accused of making unwanted advances, and the former commish is accused of gender discrimination.
Special Reports
Policy
Rising costs from climate change is driving insurers out of New York
The state has experienced the same types of extreme weather events that have caused premiums and rates to spike in Florida and California.
Special Reports
Policy
Can lowering insurance minimums help address a crisis for NYC taxi drivers?
A bill from New York City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa is responding to the potential collapse of industry insurer American Transit Insurance Co.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: A wake-up call to address sleep apnea
Untreated sleep apnea poses a public health risk, but few New Yorkers with the condition even realize they have it.
Policy
Policy